Putting the interests of our members first!
VFW Big River Post 5331will host a
Saturday, June 30th
Festivities will be from 12:00pm – 11:00pm
Barbecue from 12:00pm – 7:00pm
Pork steak, chicken or brat plate $9.00
Music starting at 2:00pm
Karaoke/DJ 7:00pm – 11:00pm
A great fireworks display will begin after dark!!!
The VFW Auxiliary
will also offer the following
from 4:00pm until 7:00pm
Snow Cones • Hotdogs
Funnel Cakes • Nachos • Tea & Lemonade
VFW Big River Post 5331
and
High Ridge Elks Lodge 2455
will host the
Annual Flag Day Parade!
All floats are welcome!!!
Participants are encouraged to arrive between 8:00am – 8:30am
The flag ceremony will be held at 9:00am
The parade will begin at 9:45am
Starting Location
VFW Big River Post 5331 parking lot
1 Lynn Lane, Cedar Hill, MO 63016
Ending Location
High Ridge Elks Lodge 2455
2808 Old Hunning Road, High Ridge, MO 63049
Refreshments will be provided to participants at the end of the parade!
RESPOND TO THE CALL! GIVE BLOOD!
This is the first time for the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive to be held locally. It is a nationally held event pitting local municipal public safety departments in a competition to raise the most blood for the Red Cross.
Our own Cedar Hill Fire Department is in a challenge with our neighboring Hillsboro Fire Department.
The Battle of the Badges in Cedar Hill is on Friday, May 4th, and runs from 3:00pm until 7:00pm at Big River VFW Post 5331.
Come to donate and receive a FREE American Red Cross T-shirt (while supplies last)!
If you would like to schedule an appointment, please call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org, select Donate Blood, then Schedule an Appointment. In the ZIP or Sponsor Code, enter CedarVsHillsboro.
VFW Post 5331 will be hosting a fish fry during the same time.
Fish dinner w/fries, hush puppies and slaw
$9.00/plate
Live entertainment will be provided by Stix Douglas in the bar area.
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Santa will be arriving at the Cedar Hill VFW Post 5331 on Saturday, December 16th at approximately 10:00am.
Bring your little ones and take a picture of them on Santa’s lap!!!
Our Children’s Christmas Store will be open that day as well from 10:00am to 1:00pm.
Children up to the age of 12 can shop the Christmas Store. Each child is allowed to purchase up to 6 gifts for parents and grandparents. The cost of the gifts is 50 cents each. Our store has gifts for parents and grandparents only.
Free hot dogs and beverages will be served.
We hope to see you there!
Saturday, November 11th
7:00pm – 11:00pm
After you’ve had a great fried chicken dinner and helped in our Christmas Basket Fundraising, stick around with us to enjoy the Mixed Nuts Band!
Join Big River VFW Post 5331
Saturday, November 11th,
from 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Fried Chicken, Mashed Taters and Vegetable
A Post VFW Veterans Service Officer will be available at
Big River Post 5331
on
Saturday, October 14th
from
4:00pm – 7:00pm
to discuss your well deserved V.A. Benefits
Hearing loss or Tinnitus – ALL VETERANS
Agent Orange Vietnam
Exposure to cold weather in Europe and Korea
What every veteran’s spouse needs to know about veteran benefits
Veteran and surviving spouse that receive in-home care
Many other benefits will be discussed
*** Bring your discharge and DD-214 with you please ***
The V.A. will never tell you about your benefits, you have to ask.
Questions about this event, call Daniel Brown, 636-677-2892
Join Big River VFW Post 5331
Saturday, October 14th,
from 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Fried Chicken, Mashed Taters and Vegetable
Please join Big River VFW Post 5331 this Friday at 6:00pm for our annual POW/MIA Recognition Day Ceremony at the VFW Post flagpole. In addition to recognizing and remembering our former prisoners of war and those missing in action, we will also recognize our Blue Star, Silver Star and Gold Star family members. All are encouraged to attend.
POW/MIA Recognition Day is commemorated on the third Friday of every September, a date that’s not associated with any particular war.
The Numbers
In order to comprehend the importance of this day, all you need to do is look at the sheer number of Americans who have been listed as POW/MIAs.
According to a 2005 Congressional Research Service report on POWs:
According to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, 82,478 Americans who fought in those wars are still missing, including:
The DPAA said about 75 percent of those missing Americans are somewhere in the Asia-Pacific. More than 41,000 have been presumed lost at sea.
Efforts to find those men, identify them and bring them home are constant. For example, the DPAA said that in 2016, it accounted for 61 men missing during the Korean War. They had been identified either through recovery operations, from remains turned over by North Korea in the 1990s, or they’d previously been buried as unknowns.
The POW/MIA Flag
The traditional POW/MIA flag that’s well-known across America was actually created many years before the remembrance day became official.
In 1971, a woman named Mary Hoff contacted a flag company near her home to see if a flag reminding people of POWs and the missing could be made. She was one of the many waiting to see if her husband, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Hoff, would ever return home after his plane had been shot down over Laos.
World War II pilot Newt Heisley designed the now-famous flag, which was made in black and white to represent the sorrow, anxiety and hope symbolized by the image of the gaunt man featured on it.
For every POW/MIA Recognition Day since 1982, the flag has flown just below the stars and stripes at the White House – the only other flag to ever do so. In 1998, Congress ordered it to also be displayed on Armed Forces Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day and Veterans Day.
(Rain Date September 30th, 2017)
BBQ – Raffles – Beer – Live Music – DJ
Please see the attached flyer for additional details